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A small workroom in Lagos, an indigo vat, and a refusal to make the same thing twice.
DemiGlamCuts began with a single question: what happens if you treat Adire as a living material rather than a heritage souvenir? Cloth is tied, stitched or painted with cassava paste, dropped into indigo, and pulled out with a pattern nobody fully controlled.
We cut that cloth into shapes made for heat and movement — kaftans that fall away from the body, wide trousers, wrap skirts finished to the length you choose. Everything is made in small batches. When a dye batch runs out, that colourway is finished.
“I want a woman in Lagos and a woman in Johannesburg to open the same parcel and both feel it was made for her.” Abidemi Bakare — Creative Director
Cloth is tied and pasted by hand. This is the slowest part and the part that matters.
Into the indigo vat, sometimes more than once. Depth of colour comes from repetition.
Patterns are laid so the marking falls where it should on the body, not wherever it lands.
Hems, lengths and closures are completed once your order comes in.
New in
Adire Kaftan Dress
R 1,500
Signature
Wide-Sleeve Adire Kaftan
R 1,800
Tiered Adire Maxi
R 1,800
Cropped Top & Wrap Trouser
R 2,400
One email per drop. Sizes, prices and the story behind the cloth — nothing else.
